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Allstate Life Insurance Co – ‘10-Q’ for 9/30/19 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On: Tuesday, 11/5/19, at 12:36pm ET · For: 9/30/19 · Accession #: 352736-19-12 · File #: 0-31248

  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

11/05/19  Allstate Life Insurance Co        10-Q        9/30/19   72:20M

Quarterly Report — Form 10-Q — Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

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 3: EX-31.I     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     34K 
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26: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     70K 
67: R2          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML    102K 
                and Comprehensive Income (Unaudited)                             
43: R3          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial      HTML    146K 
                Position (Unaudited)                                             
15: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial      HTML     45K 
                Position (Unaudited) (Parenthetical)                             
25: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Shareholder's  HTML     49K 
                Equity (Unaudited)                                               
66: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    120K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
42: R7          General                                             HTML     69K 
14: R8          Supplemental Cash Flow Information                  HTML     41K 
27: R9          Investments                                         HTML    611K 
33: R10         Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities                HTML    894K 
22: R11         Derivative Financial Instruments                    HTML    538K 
45: R12         Reinsurance                                         HTML    102K 
68: R13         Guarantees and Contingent Liabilities               HTML     31K 
35: R14         Other Comprehensive Income                          HTML     84K 
23: R15         General (Tables)                                    HTML     54K 
46: R16         Supplemental Cash Flow Information (Tables)         HTML     39K 
69: R17         Investments (Tables)                                HTML    622K 
32: R18         Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities (Tables)       HTML    868K 
24: R19         Derivative Financial Instruments (Tables)           HTML    568K 
50: R20         Reinsurance (Tables)                                HTML    103K 
59: R21         Other Comprehensive Income (Tables)                 HTML     84K 
36: R22         General (Details)                                   HTML     63K 
10: R23         Supplemental Cash Flow Information - Narrative      HTML     24K 
                (Details)                                                        
51: R24         Supplemental Cash Flow Information - Net change     HTML     33K 
                (Details)                                                        
60: R25         Investments - Fair Values (Details)                 HTML     58K 
37: R26         Investments - Scheduled Maturities (Details)        HTML     57K 
11: R27         Investments - Net Investment Income (Details)       HTML     46K 
52: R28         Investments - Realized Capital Gains and Losses     HTML     39K 
                (Details)                                                        
58: R29         Investments - Realized Capital Gains and Losses by  HTML     33K 
                Transaction Type (Details)                                       
71: R30         Investments - Narrative (Details)                   HTML     57K 
49: R31         Investments - Valuation Changes Included in Net     HTML     29K 
                Income for Investments (Details)                                 
21: R32         Investments - Other-than-temporary impairment       HTML     57K 
                losses (Details)                                                 
31: R33         Investments - Other-than-temporary Losses Included  HTML     36K 
                in AOCI (Details)                                                
70: R34         Investments - Rollforward of Cumulative Credit      HTML     36K 
                Losses (Details)                                                 
48: R35         Investments - Unrealized Net Capital Gains and      HTML     62K 
                Losses (Details)                                                 
19: R36         Investments - Change in Unrealized Net Capital      HTML     43K 
                Gains and Losses (Details)                                       
30: R37         Investments - Portfolio Monitoring (Details)        HTML     92K 
72: R38         Investments - Gross Unrealized Losses by            HTML     41K 
                Unrealized Loss Position and Credit Quality                      
                (Details)                                                        
47: R39         Investments - Carrying Value of Non-impaired Fixed  HTML     56K 
                Rate and Variable Rate Mortgage Loans (Details)                  
62: R40         Investments - Other investments by type (Details)   HTML     32K 
55: R41         Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities - Narrative    HTML     51K 
                (Details)                                                        
13: R42         Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities - Assets and   HTML    170K 
                Liabilities Measured at Fair Value (Details)                     
39: R43         Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities - Level 3      HTML     36K 
                Fair Value Measurement (Details)                                 
61: R44         Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities - Level 3      HTML    152K 
                Assets and Liabilities (Details)                                 
54: R45         Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities - Gains and    HTML     47K 
                Losses included in Net Income for Level 3                        
                (Details)                                                        
12: R46         Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities - Carrying     HTML     50K 
                Values and Fair Value Estimates of Financial                     
                Instruments (Details)                                            
38: R47         Derivative Financial Instruments - Narrative        HTML     46K 
                (Details)                                                        
63: R48         Derivative Financial Instruments - Volume and Fair  HTML    136K 
                Value Positions of Derivative Instruments                        
                (Details)                                                        
53: R49         Derivative Financial Instruments - Gross and Net    HTML     69K 
                Amounts Derivatives (Details)                                    
40: R50         Derivative Financial Instruments - Foreign          HTML     28K 
                Currency Contracts in Cash Flow Hedging                          
                Relationships (Details)                                          
64: R51         Derivative Financial Instruments - Impacts on       HTML     80K 
                Operations and AOCI (Details)                                    
28: R52         Derivative Financial Instruments - Derivative       HTML     35K 
                Netting (Details)                                                
17: R53         Derivative Financial Instruments - Fair Value of    HTML     30K 
                Derivative Instruments (Details)                                 
41: R54         Derivative Financial Instruments - CDS Notional     HTML     44K 
                Amounts by Credit Rating (Details)                               
65: R55         Reinsurance - Effects of Reinsurance (Details)      HTML     62K 
29: R56         Reinsurance - Narrative (Details)                   HTML     27K 
18: R57         Other Comprehensive Income (Details)                HTML     61K 
44: R9999       Uncategorized Items - allstatelife-93019x10q.htm    HTML     24K 
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Allstate Life Insurance Co – ‘10-Q’ for 9/30/19 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On: Tuesday, 11/5/19, at 12:36pm ET · For: 9/30/19 · Accession #: 352736-19-12 · File #: 0-31248

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